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Visit my Natural Hair T-shirt Shop HERE Last week while braiding my stepdaughter's hair, a song came on the Music Choice cable channel that I was listening to, and it really grabbed my attention. The musical track is what captured my attention at first. Then, I paid closer attention to the lyrics and said, "oh my goodness! That song not only has a nice, catchy melody to it, but it has a lot of gems within the lyrics." As I'm sure you all know how my mind operates by now...I started seriously contemplating those lyrics, and I decided to look up the artist and the song on YouTube so I could really analyze those lyrics even more. I could share how I broke down and analyzed every verse of the song, but then this blog post would be much longer than I planned. So, I'll spare you all some time by just giving my broad observation and thoughts of the song. First and foremost, the song is about a woman being ready to be rescued by Mr. Right, who would be symbolic

You know this whole Russell , Ciara , & Slim " Thug " situation got me thinking... Check out  Derrick Jaxn's (YouTube Vlogger) Commentary. (Click on Video) I totally agree with him! If you're in your 30's or 40's and still in the same predicament you were in when you were in your teens & 20's, then at some point you gotta start looking at yourself & start asking the hard questions like: I been seeing the same results after all this time, why is that? Or....I been holding on to this relationship for years, but we still stuck financially, emotionally, etc...what is really going on? Why am I not seeing any growth? The answer to all that is....MINDSET MATTERS! YOU GOTTA CHANGE YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS OR PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE IN ORDER TO SEE REAL GROWTH & CHANGE!!! YOU GOTTA BE WILLING TO STEP OUT OF THE BOX OR YOUR COMFORT ZONE!!! I say that because I really believe that we cannot keep expecting different results, but continue to do t

My husband and I had been previously reminiscing about our childhoods and how times were back then with our grand or great-grandparents. We both agreed that we now live in an era where there really are no more "Big Mommas". Big Mommas were not only loving and caring, they held the family together. They were the backbone of many African-American families across America! In many cases, if no one else was there for you, Big Momma could always be called upon or depended on. She was stern, yet sincere. She never was one to bite her tongue, as she believed in telling the truth...regardless if it may hurt your feelings. However, if you needed it and Big Momma had it...you got it! In my case, all I had to do was tell her, "If you don't give me some of your Pepsi, I'm going to cry." Lol...I was spoiled! Rightfully so, because I was the first Great-grandchild and the only child in my Great-grandparents' home. So, when my Great-grandmother (Big Mommie) died when

Today I had a deeply concerning conversation with an acquaintance of mine. We discussed our frustrations, in quite a respectfully passionate way, regarding fellow Black women who are superficially irresponsible. Before I go into further details, let me put this disclaimer out... *DISCLAIMER* Neither I, nor my acquaintance have any hatred, malice, or ill-will towards our Black sistahs. Furthermore, nor do we harbor any feelings of jealousy or envy towards one another or any other Black woman for that matter, as we are very confident, critical thinking individuals who strongly believe in personal growth and development, Black unity, and love...so if you think this post is about bashing Black women, IT IS NOT! My goal with this post is to bring about awareness and to empower other Black women to regularly practice self-analyzation that brings about growth. We went on to discuss this Million Dollar question:  Why do we see so many Black women putting their wants before their n

Trump has just been Psychologically "trumped"! Finally...a group of Psychiatrists have put together a book titled The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump. The Editor/Forensic Psychiatrist of this book was interviewed by Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC tonight (10/05/2017), and many of the things she has said and mentioned from the book are confirmations of what I've been saying for quite some time now about Donald Trump. He really is NOT mentally fit to be President & needs to be diagnosed ASAP! Hopefully, this will be a wake-up call for him to get the help he needs; but I doubt it.

A few weeks ago I had an epiphany while listening to a YouTube video regarding a group of young women in Atlanta who were being held against their will in a house by a man who was threatening them and/or possibly forcing them into the sex slave industry (I would say business, but to me that should never be a business). The epiphany came when I started analyzing the situation by asking a series of questions: 1.) How did this happen? 2.) What exactly did this guy say to them to get them to willingly go with him? 3.) Why did they feel as though stripping is the only way to earn a living? 4.) How could they allow themselves to be so easily manipulated into such a situation? 5.) Did they not see the value in their own lives? 6.) What was their situation like at home, that would cause them to believe that this is the route to take in order to earn a living? 7.) What type of upbringing did these girls have? 8.) Did they come from a One or Two-Parent home? 9.) What was their relatio